Do birth outcomes mediate the association between drug use in pregnancy and neonatal metabolic bone disease? A prospective cohort study of 10,801 Chinese women

• Main Authors: Honglin Jiang (Author), Jialin Guo (Author), Jing Li (Author), Chunlin Li (Author), Wenchong Du (Author), Federico Canavese (Author), Feng Xie (Author), Huajing Li (Author), Jian Yang (Author), Hao Ying (Author), Jing Hua (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundPrenatal drug use may cause toxicity to bone health in newborns. We aimed to examine whether birth outcomes mediate the association between medication use and neonatal metabolic bone disease (MBD).MethodsA prospective cohort of 10,801 pregnant women (17-49 years) and their infants followed...